Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 2002 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2002, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in December 2002
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2002Simplify (3x^2 y^3)^2 divided by 9x^3 y^4, giving your answer as simply as possible.
- 2nd December 2002p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
- 3rd December 2002A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
- 4th December 2002A meal out costs 68 pounds before a 12.5% service charge is added. Calculate the total cost including the service charge.
- 5th December 2002Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
- 6th December 2002State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
- 7th December 2002A skateboarder travels at a constant speed of 4 m/s for 6 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to state his acceleration during this time, and explain what an acceleration of zero means about his motion.
- 8th December 2002A hand warmer gets hot when a chemical reaction inside it takes place. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 9th December 2002A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
- 10th December 2002Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
- 11th December 2002In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
- 12th December 2002In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
- 13th December 2002A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 14th December 2002Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
- 15th December 2002Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 16th December 2002A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 17th December 2002Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
- 18th December 2002Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 19th December 2002p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
- 20th December 2002A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 21st December 2002p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 22nd December 2002The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 23rd December 2002A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 24th December 2002A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 25th December 2002Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 26th December 2002A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
- 27th December 2002State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 28th December 2002A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 29th December 2002In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
- 30th December 2002A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
- 31st December 2002Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.